A new Pioneer Institute report finds that the ACA Medicare Payroll Tax will cost Massachusetts $1.7B over 10 Years. For illustration, we calculated the impact of this additional Medicare tax on the Top 10 highest paid athletes (and Gisele Bündchen) in Massachusetts. Read the details, and check out this infographic:
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Fox 25 Undercover Nepotism Report Sparks Call for Investigation: Pioneer's Research Director Greg Sulllivan, former state Inspector General, called for an investigation by the Attorney General and the State Ethics Commission on the Fox25 report showing rampant nepotism in hiring at the state's largest agency, HHS. Click to watch the video (including administration spokesman A. Loftus' interesting response) and read…

#BostonStrongPioneer extends condolences to the victims and families of the marathon tragedy. The survivors' struggle to recover will continue long after the rest of us are done celebrating the capture of the terrorists. We want to thank all of the law enforcement officials and Boston media for their tireless efforts to keep the public safe and informed every…

Driving Reform: Pioneer released a report last week calling for tying any new transportation funding to MassDOT's performance, and implementation of key reforms to improve service. Read our press release here. Pioneer Senior Fellow Charles Chieppo (co-author with Executive Director Jim Stergios) of our proposal, talked about the problems with the Governor's plan, on RadioBoston this week. He also appeared…